Improvement in gates



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' Patented D60. 29, 1868;

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Letters Patent No. saeoaamd December 29,1868. I

vThe Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pan: of the same.

same, reference being bad to the annexed making a part of this specification, in which- Be it known that I, URIAH W. HARDY, of Abingdon, in the county of Knox, and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gates; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description of the construction and operation of the drawings,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the gate and its attachments complete;

Figure 2, a view of the lever for opening the gate Figure 3, a sectional view of the bottom of the latchpost; and

Figure 4, a view of the guide-bar,

The nature of my invention consists in providing a gate of simpleand cheap construction, and which, by

- means of a simple lever may be unlatched and opened by one motion, and may be closed in the samemanner, and so constructed that it may be operated by a driver or a horseman, without dismounting, and may also be conveniently operated by footmen.

To enable others to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

I construct my gate by attaching horizontal bars I) b, (fig. 1,) to the inclined hinge-post A, and to the crossbars k k, the horizontal bars alternating, on opposite sides of the post A and cross-bars k k, and I attach them at each point by bolts, with washers between to prevent friction, and I place the horizontal bars on alternate sides, to allow them to fold closely together when the gate is opened.

I construct the top bar b longer uran the others, and

extend it back through a slot in a guide-bar, (fig; 4,)

and place at the end the weight c. The guide-bar, as shown in fig. 4, is attached at the foot of the hingepost A, and is placed in an inclined position, the top being in front of the weight a when the gate is closed,

and is held to its place by the braces E E. which extend from the lever-posts G.

At a proper distanoe from the gate on opposite sides, I place two posts 0, in a vertical position, and opposite the top of the hinge-post A. To the top of these posts I attachl the levers D, (fig. 2,)-by means of a bolt or'pin, p, and pace them at nearly right angles with the gate, with the inner ends over the gate. I attach the latchbar L to the top bar of the gate, by means of the pivothinges h h h. I connect the inner ends of the lovers D to the latch bar, by means of the rods ff, one attached to the end of each lever. I make the latch-post B with a groove for the gate to drop into, to hold the gate firm.

The latch-post is also placed in an inclined position,

. corresponding with the hinge-post A, in order that the gate, vwhen opened may stand perpendicular.

The groove of the latch-post is shown in fig. 3, and also the bottom bar of the gate, which passes between two stakes or blocks,*which I'place at the foot of the post B, to hold the gate when closed. I attach to each of the lever-posts O, rods, which extend from the lever-posts to about the middle of the gate, and are attached to the cross-bar k, as shown at R, which are so attached, that they will rise and fall with the gate, and which will hold the gate to its proper position, and guide it with oertaintyinto the groove in the post B. These rods, when used, supply the place of the guide-bar, fig. 4, which may then be dispensed with, and either or both may be used.

The latch bar L is held forward into the-mortise in the post B, by means of any ordinary spring.

To operate thev gate, the driver, on approaching it from either side, grasps the lever D, and by pulling down upon it, the latchbar L is drawn backby the combined action of the pivot-hinges h h h and the rod same motion and power, and when the gatehas been raised to about an angle oi'forty-five degrees, the weight 0 being properly adjusted, carries the gate to a vertical position, and the ends of the levers D willethen rest against the top of the gate. Having passed to the opposite side, to close the gate the driver grasps the end of the opposite lever D, and by pushing it from him, the gate is pressed down until it overcomes the Weight 0, and' falls into the groove in the latch-post, and the spring throws the latch forward into the mortise, and thus the gate is closed and latched. 1

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The manner of attaching the horizontal .bars b b b to altemate sides of the post A and cross-harsh k, with bolts and washers to prevent friction, in such a manner that they will fold closely together, and making the hinge-post A supply the place of a cross-bar to the gate, and the rod It, and guide-bar, (fig. 4,).all operating in combination, substantially as described and for 4 the purpose set forth.

2. The. combination and arrangement of the levers' D D, the rods, ropes, or chains, f f, the latch-bar L, 

